What is your preferred format for music collecting?

[RedStorm]

What is your preferred format to have your music on? mine is mainly cds but im starting to buy cassettes also

 

[Baroque]

1. CD
2. iTunes

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I'm a big cd fan. Never got into vinyl, good thing too, that shit sounds expensive! I love Spotify based on the ridiculous accessibility.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

CD's mainly. I like collecting vinyl too ... but as far as sound quality goes(which should be the most important factor), it's CD's for me.

 

[Satanstoenail]

CDs. I also love vinyl but I can't see it taking over my cd collection ever.

 

[Draehl]

mp3/flac & vinyl. The two extremes that serve convenience and collect-ability.

 

[paul545]

i have just about all of my music on mp3 (and some flac). dunno if it's my favorite but it's very easy.

 

[The Ozzman]

CDs. I also love vinyl but I can't see it taking over my cd collection ever.

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[Master_Yoda77]

CDs first. Vinyl's for those super special albums.

 

[The Ozzman]

Vinyl for when I finally get every full length for an artist on CD basically.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Also, back in the day I used to get those deals where you could both the CD and the vinyl comboed together for a reduced price. That shit was tight, yo.

 

[EternalMetal]

CD's mainly. I like collecting vinyl too ... but as far as sound quality goes(which should be the most important factor), it's CD's for me.

This. CD is the superior format to both vinyl and cassette, though there are a handful of exceptions (mostly older music) where the vinyl or cassette master is the better choice. I currently dont have a cassette player, and unfortunately im still in the hunt for a new pre-amp for my record player, so lately CD reigns supreme for me.

Though what I usually do is rip my CDs in lossless format via dbpoweramp and keep the CD pristine for hard copy purposes, so I guess you could actually say my preferred format is FLAC/ALAC via bit-perfect playback.

 

[AllShallFall]

CDs, mp3 and vinyl.

When it comes to vinyl I prefer colored when stuff is released on it.

 

[The Butt]

CD-ripped MP3 usually.

 

[CiG]

Not cassettes.

 

[MetalAges]

CD first, but have semi-recently fell for the vinyl bug. I'm working my way through the 80s era trying to obtain a lot of the old classic stuff. I'll buy select new albums on vinyl depending on band/price.

I also still have my 1,000 or so vintage (gotta love that word...) cassettes I still pop in from time to time. They definitely have a nostalgic sound to them

 

[Metaphysical Drama]

CDs and vinyl!
Collect discographies of my favourite bands is a kind of obsession for me, love to see the covers, lyrics and the artworks.

 

[RedStorm]

same ^^
but not the whole discographys